How do I know??

CherokeeTopaz
CherokeeTopaz Posts: 299 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
How do I know if I'm burning fat and building muscle?? How can I tell?? My scales have stayed around the same numbers.. but I feel better and "think" I look better. :/ I'm confused. lol

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  • sweetchildomine
    sweetchildomine Posts: 872 Member
    What helps for me is to do measurements! I measure each arm and thigh, my waist, and my hips every week. A lot of times the scale won't move but you're still losing inches.
  • shbretired
    shbretired Posts: 320 Member
    Muscle is heavier than fat, give yourself time. It will happen
  • reggie2run
    reggie2run Posts: 477 Member
    A pound of muscle and pound of fat weigh the same = a pound.

    The differece is muscle is denser, thus takes up less room than fat.
    So even though the scale number doesn't change, your measurements have probably changed.
    I'd check them out.
  • CherokeeTopaz
    CherokeeTopaz Posts: 299 Member
    lol hard for me.. my waist is gonna grow anyway.. :p I'm 29 weeks with a healthy baby boy. :) Mainly just working out to keep in shape and stay strong.. prepare my body for labor.. Not actively trying to lose weight but maintaining is really nice. :)

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